In fact, the new employee training is not really needed at the moment, because no new employees have been recruited yet. It is almost the New Year, and there are fewer job seekers at this time of year. Chen Xuan has always been prepared for any eventuality. She plans to make a plan first so that she will not be confused when recruiting people next year.
In addition to the training plan for new employees, the lace factory also has to take a holiday during the Chinese New Year. After being busy for half a year, they have woven a lot of lace. At least in addition to using it in their own shop, they can also sell it abroad. At present, it is all sold domestically, that is, the market here in Beijing. The profit is actually good, but the output is small. In addition, the monthly salary of the two female lace masters is very high. Fortunately, there are people who sign up to learn the craft at the handicraft school. Not only can they help crochet lace, but they can also get a monthly tuition of five yuan. Now they can balance their income and expenditure, which is considered good.
However, after discussing with Wei Nian, Chen Xuan, Wei Yin and Qin Shu, they decided to give the two female masters a generous red envelope before the New Year, as well as travel expenses and New Year gifts, and send them off politely, and not hire them next year. After all, Li had learned the craft of crocheting lace. There was also the skillful Niu Ersao among the female workers. Now no matter what kind of lace, Niu Ersao can do it at a glance. The four shareholders discussed that Niu Ersao would be transferred to the school next year to teach the craft. As long as they were given ten yuan a month, Niu Ersao would be very happy.
Some of the female workers in the factory want to go home for the Spring Festival. The factory will cover their travel expenses. Of course, everyone's half-year wages must be paid. There are also those who don't want to go back home, like Niu Ersao. She has been a widow in her husband's family for several years and has no children. Because her parents' family didn't want to give her a dowry, and her husband's family didn't want to let her go, Niu Saozi has been a widow in her husband's family. If she hadn't risked her life to make a scene this time, she wouldn't have been able to come out. Niu Ersao had said long ago that she would not go back home for the Spring Festival, but help look after the house. There are also those who don't want to go back, thinking that it's better to go to Beijing than to go home.
The female workers had to be arranged here. Those who wanted to go home had to go back to their hometowns and come back after the 15th. Those who didn't want to go back had to have an explanation for what to do during the New Year. On the other hand, the dinner on the day of the suspension of work was very enjoyable. Chen Xuan ordered the meat pie from Zhou's family in Meishi Street for everyone to eat. This is a halal restaurant. The meat pie was filled with beef. The wok was full of big meat pie made of leavened dough. There was a lot of meat and oil. When you bite it while it's hot, it sizzles and oozes oil. Everyone ate it very happily. Chen Xuan just reminded them not to overeat. There was plenty of beef pie. It was cold in winter, and the leftovers at night could be eaten the next morning.
Niu Ersao wiped the oil off her fingers on a rag and said, "Luckily we have been in Beijing for a while, otherwise, if we were to eat such a big meat pie for the first time, I am afraid our stomach would not be able to handle it."
Chen Xuan smiled, "When I first came here, I didn't dare to eat anything too oily, but I got used to it slowly."
After eating meat pies, Chen Xuan arranged a visit to the Palace Museum. Chen Xuan was pregnant, so she didn't go with everyone. Wei Yin and Qin Shu took Da You there. Especially Qin Shu, after all, she came from a scholarly family. Although she was from Shanghai, she knew all the stories about the Palace Museum. According to Wei Yin, everyone said that Miss Qin Shu was a learned person. Of course, hearing that the Palace Museum was the former palace of the emperor also shocked everyone.
After visiting the Forbidden City and calculating the round-trip fare, the female workers who wanted to go home were allowed to go home with Uncle Wang, who was in Beijing, to celebrate the New Year. With Uncle Wang around, Chen Xuan was not worried even if everyone had to carry money.
Everyone was still wearing the same factory work clothes, sky-blue Beijing-style cotton robes, and their bags contained snacks and fruits for home or New Year gifts, as well as the wages they had earned in the past few days. They happily got on the carriages given to them by their employers and went home happily.
For those who didn't go home, Chen Xuan found some work for them, asking them to do needlework for the shopkeepers for the next year, and pay them by piece, so that they wouldn't work for nothing. In addition, if they were free, they could continue to crochet lace, and they would still be paid by the work. Wang Sanmei went back to her hometown, and the affairs here were handed over to Niu Ersao.
The lace factory had an early holiday because the female workers had to go back to their hometowns. The cosmetics factory had to close a few days later. In addition to the year-end accounting, there were also the salaries and dividends to be paid during the Chinese New Year. The two Shanghai masters took the money and prepared to go back to Shanghai for the Chinese New Year. As for the train tickets, because the factory made money this year, Wei Nian was very generous and paid from the factory's public account, and they all booked first-class carriages. In addition, there were the accounts in Chen Xuan and Wei Yin's shop, including the salaries, annual gifts, and dividends of Sun Yan and Xiao Li, as well as the commission of Qin Shu's design fees. In addition, Xu Ning's accounts were all settled. After all, Xu Ning came to get the goods and paid in cash. But this Chinese New Year, Xu Ning also had to be given a New Year gift. Although with Xu Ning's current wealth, such a New Year gift is not a big deal. However, it was Chen Xuan and Wei Yin's intention after all.
Also, before the New Year holiday, she would always invite everyone together for a New Year's dinner. No matter whether it was the cosmetics factory or the store that was hosting the dinner, Chen Xuan would just sit with everyone and not drink.
This year, we all bought the New Year gifts together. After all, the store gave us a large discount for the large quantity. In addition to the New Year gifts used in the store, we also bought the New Year gifts from Mrs. Sun Yanniang, the needleworker we hired, and Mrs. Li, the eldest sister-in-law who helped manage the lace factory, and Wei Jin, who did a lot of handicrafts. We also bought gifts in cash. In addition, we bought gifts from various people, such as Mr. Wen, Professor Wu, Professor Chu, and Mr. Jiao, who are from the academic world, and reporter Zhang, who is from the media world. Although reporter Zhang only interviewed once, Chen Xuan consulted with Wei Nian and would give reporter Zhang a gift every New Year or other festival. There were also Mr. Rong and Mrs. Wen, and Chen Xuan sent them by airmail, paper-cuts for the New Year, and long letters written by Chen Xuan herself. Moreover, they were all written in English.
Even to Qin Shu's mother, Mrs. Qin, Chen Xuan wrote a letter and sent a copy of her paper-cut painting. Because Qin Shu was doing business with them, Chen Xuan thought that Mrs. Qin was always thinking about her daughter, and Qin Shu would write letters and call home. As a partner, Chen Xuan praised Qin Shu again and again in the letter, which was considered to help Qin Shu improve his favor.
Speaking of Chen Xuan's paper-cutting skills, this year she received an order from Smith, who ordered more than ten sets and had certain requirements for the patterns. Smith said it was for a friend. He also praised Qin Xuan's paper-cutting talent and asked if she could perform at the embassy's annual cocktail party to open his friends' eyes. Because Chen Xuan was pregnant, this plan was abandoned.
However, in addition to the paper-cutting fee, Smith also gave the couple two bottles of red wine as New Year gifts.
Chen Xuandu told Wei Nian, "These foreigners are a bit stubborn. I think paper cutting is nothing, but Mr. Shi insisted on paying for it."
Wei Nian smiled, "They are like this, one is one, two is two. They are also clear with their parents."
This New Year, because of Chen Xuan's pregnancy, the Wei family has added a layer of joy. However, Wei Shi said in the letter that because of the business outside the Great Wall, he would not go home during the New Year, so it was inevitable that it would be deserted again. After all, Wei Shi is the eldest son. Fortunately, for businessmen, leaving home to do business is not a big deal. For example, Mrs. Wei talked about the past, starting from when Mr. Wei was an apprentice in Beijing at the age of eleven or twelve, and talked about the pain of Mr. Wei not being around once when she gave birth to three children in her hometown. God has mercy on her, the matter of giving birth should be true, but when Mr. Wei was an apprentice at the age of eleven or twelve, Mrs. Wei was still a girl in her own family.
Fortunately, Li has always been docile. Even if her husband does not come home for the New Year, Li still lives with the children.
Wei Nianxiang had his own ideas, and said to Chen Xuan privately, "Brother is outside the pass, I'm afraid something has happened?"
Chen Xuan was a little confused. She stopped writing and looked at Wei Nian, "Did big brother write back a letter?"
"No." Wei Nian didn't know what to say. He wanted to talk to Chen Xuan, but he felt that it was not good to doubt his elder brother. Seeing that Wei Nian just looked at him without saying anything, Chen Xuan asked, "What happened? Did something happen to my elder brother? What happened? Is it serious?"
"Nothing, this is just my own guess, don't tell anyone, I'll just tell you." Wei Nian said his guess, "When big brother first arrived outside the Great Wall, the quality of the leather was much higher than before, and the price was still the same. But recently, the last batch of leather is not as good as before. Big brother said in the letter that the supply is tight and there is no good leather, and these leathers were bought at a high price."
Chen Xuan frowned slightly. She understood Wei Nian's meaning. Chen Xuan said, "But if Big Brother does this, isn't he digging into my own business? I don't think Big Brother is that kind of person."
"I don't believe it either. You don't know that I know the owner of another fur shop. If we buy directly from outside the Great Wall, we can get first-class leather at our price. Now, the furs we have here are all second-class." Wei Nian has always been shrewd in business. He said, "Money is a small matter. I am just worried that my brother will be cheated."
"However, we can ask our eldest brother to come back next year when business is not busy. Not just for business, but also to visit our eldest sister-in-law and the children."
"Let's talk about it next year. During the New Year, we should go back to the old house and live there for a while, and then move back after the 15th." Wei Nian discussed this with Chen Xuan, who had no objection. Chen Xuan said, "Call Ah Shu too, and let her live with Ah Yin, so that the New Year will be lively and lively."
Originally, Qin Shu's relationship with her family had eased a lot this year, and Qin Shu had planned to go home for the New Year. However, the last time she called home, her father saw her and scolded her, saying that she would never go back. When Wei Yin asked Qin Shu the reason, she learned that Qin Shu's ex-fiancé, Mr. Zheng, had married a classmate of Qin Shu. The two families met at a social event, and Qin's father felt embarrassed. When Qin Shu called home, he was angry.
Fortunately, although she couldn't go home, her mother sent her some private money, and Qin Shu changed it all into little goldfish and kept them in the bank.
Qin Shu said to Wei Yin, "Xiao Ruan was my good friend before. She often came home with me and lived with me. When it came to my relationship with Zhao Cheng, she often advised me to listen to the voice of love in my heart. Now it seems that she has fallen in love with the young master of the Zheng family. No wonder she encouraged me to be with Zhao Cheng so much."
Wei Yin advised Qin Shu, "It's good to know her true face. You must never associate with people like her in the future!"
Qin Shu snorted, "She just thinks that Zheng is a good man. I heard that Zheng has a lover in the dance hall. Men like this are like dogs that can't change their eating habits."
Qin Shu suffered such misfortune and was betrayed by his best friend... Fortunately, Qin Shu had a good psychological quality and was still lively and energetic during the holiday with the Wei family. Qin Shu had already agreed with the school that he would not go to work during the New Year. The technical school has always been short of management staff, and Qin Shu planned to concentrate on the lace factory and the technical school.
In this busy manner, another Spring Festival has arrived.
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